I can @BrianJeanAB
"Effective immediately the province of Alberta shall issue an Alberta firearms license (AFL) which allows the purchase, sale, storage and transport of any legally acquired firearm past, present or future within the province of Alberta.
Additionally, the rights of an AFL bearer for fair, unimpeded usage and ownership of firearms for hunting, sporting, protection of property, self defence or collection purposes SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
Alberta recognizes that firearms usage by Canadians and Albertans pre-dates confederation and is a distinct, unique and inherent part of Albertan culture and Canadian heritage.
Qualification for an AFL:
-proof of citizenship and Alberta residency, plus;
-10 year clean criminal record, plus;
-completion of the CFSC or presentation of a valid PAL;
Suspension of an AFL:
-conviction of any criminal offence
-careless discharge or usage
Disqualification for an AFL:
-public threats, harassment or intimidation with a firearm
-illegal sale or straw purchasing
-conviction of any violent, sexual, domestic, drug, gang or terror offence
Additionally, new Canadian citizens have a 10 year moratorium on AFL applications to establish a clean criminal record.
I'm prepared to go to jail over this.
My grandmother Rita Pete went to St. Mary's Indian Residential School. She experienced terrible abuse. As a consequence, she struggled with alcohol use most of her life.
My mother was born with FASD as a consequence of her using alcohol to cope with her trauma.
I am Chief of my community Chawathil First Nation. I am working to address the longstanding impacts of these past policies through renovating homes, building new homes, creating childcare, and growing businesses through economic development.
I have interviewed people who went to Indian Residential Schools. I have interviewed people who believe Indian Residential Schools were awful, horrible schools, meant to remove the Indian from the child.
I've also interviewed people who believe they were well intended, generous investments by Canadian taxpayers meant to assimilate a society and had shortcomings.
Like with many things, the history is dark, complicated, and with any policy that existed for a long time, across a whole country - there were different experiences.
No one story tells us everything. No report shares the full experience of the individuals who went. No commentator today can disprove someone's lived experience with statistics.
The path forward is not to criminalize speech, questions, or debate.
The path forward is empathy for past attendees.
The path forward is truth based on facts.
The path forward is real conversations.
The path forward is to lean into complexity.
If the government criminalizes this, then I will be a criminal for having these conversations.
If I am a criminal by the laws definition, then I am committed to going to jail over this.
@IanRunkle Some of them want to use you.
Some of them want to be used by you.
Some of them want to abuse you.
Some of them want to be abused.
TH patrons fall into category 4.